This Day In Iraqi History - Oct 3

1920 Gertrude Bell called mujtahids a group of popes standing in the way of

British plans Claimed Shiites were problem in Iraq Said Sunnis should rule Iraq because Shiites would impose a religions state That was why Mosul province had to be included in Iraq to add more Sunnis Said that British were looking for Iraqi to be new ruler but couldn’t find one so had to pick a son of the Sharif of Mecca

(Musings On Iraq book review of Gertrude Bell And Iraq)

1932 Iraq gained independence from Britain

1968 Soviet Union called for negotiations between Baghdad and KDP rebels

1978 Ayatollah Khomeini left Najaf for Paris after Baghdad demanded he reject politics

            in deal made with Shah of Iran

1980 Iraq Foreign Minister Hamadi presented Iraq’s case to UN claiming it acted in self-

            defense in Iran-Iraq War

1980 Khomeini speech said goal of war was to punish the Baath and rejected negotiations

            to end it

1980 Iraq began bombing Tehran

1982 Sudan said it would send troops to help Iraq in Iran-Iraq War

(Musings On Iraq interview with author Anthony Tucker-Jones on Iran-Iraq War)

(Musings On Iraq book review The Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988)

(Musings On Iraq book review Iran-Iraq War, The Lion of Babylon, 1980-1988)

(Musings On Iraq book review The Iran-Iraq War)

1996 Iraq admitted to UN inspectors that it hid part of its missile program and then

            secretly destroyed them in March 92

2002 Bush signed executive order to train 5,000 Iraqi exiles to help with invasion

2002 US planes dropped flyers over Iraq telling them not to fight Americans

2002 Report US using No Fly Zones to practice attacking Iraq

2003 Bush said interim report by Iraq Survey Group justified invasion because found

            WMD programs

2003 Natl Sec Adv Rice US went to war with Iraq because most likely place terrorists could

            get WMD

2003 CBS/New York Times poll found 53% of respondents in US thought Iraq war a

            mistake

2003 Report aluminum tubes were one of the main arguments US had Iraq restarted nuke

program but was always contested Senior White House officials claimed Rice knew about differences over tubes Administration overstated argument for tubes

(Musings On Iraq article on the aluminum tubes story)

2006 Report Albu Mahal tribe fighting Al Qaeda in Iraq in Qaim

2006 Interior Min Bolani ordered commander 8^th Natl Police Bgd and unit suspended

Officer arrested for suspected involvement in kidnapping of 26 workers in Amil Baghdad 10/1/06 10 later found dead

2006 US military said 50-70 foreign fighters enter Iraq each month Jan-Sep 06 US-ISF

captured 630 foreign fighters Total number of foreign fighters in Iraq est 800-2,000 Most from Saudi Arabia Egypt Syria

2006 Car bomb on Industry Min motorcade in Baghdad killed 14 wounded 75

2014 Australia authorized air strikes against IS and Special Forces to be sent to Iraq

2017 Former Iraq President Talabani died

2017 Central Bank of Iraq said it would halt all foreign currency transfer to KRG and

            stop selling dollars to four Kurdish banks

2017 Parliament said it would not work with 4 telecommunications companies with

contracts in Kurdistan

2017 Parliament threatened to take away immunity for Kurdish MPs that voted in the

            referendum

2017 Kurdish MPs were either blocked or boycotted the parliamentary session

2017 Report Irbil and Baghdad in secret talks to try to defuse tensions after referendum

2017 Turkey offered to mediate between Irbil and Baghdad to end crisis over

            referendum

2017 Pres Masum’s office announced that Kirkuk Governor Karim would stay in office

            until his court challenge over his dismissal was heard

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